The 10 Best Plays to See in Guadalajara in October 2026

¡Woolf, Woolf! features a married couple from the 1970s whose relationship is marked by resentment, mind games, and constant confrontations.

During an evening spent with a young, newlywed couple, tensions begin to surface, and the four people find themselves caught up in a dynamic of truths, frustrations, and personal conflicts.

*Room with a View* explores protest and rebellion through contemporary dance, showcasing the power of the collective and the relationships among its members.

(LA)HORDE’s production brings together 16 dancers, electronic music by DJ Rone, and a stage inspired by a marble quarry to reflect on human fragility, change, and the possibility of acting in unison.

The Woman in Black tells the story of Arthur Kipps, a man seeking to piece together and recount a supernatural experience that has haunted him since his youth.

To do so, she turns to John Morris, a skeptical stage director with whom she meets at an old theater to prepare the staging of her story—where the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to blur.

An unexpected encounter brings Emma and Alejandro face to face once again—a former couple caught up in a confrontation marked by secrets, lies, and old conflicts.

*Small Infidelities* unfolds this story through a series of revelations that gradually expose a chain of betrayals between the two characters.

A mother and her son grapple with the changes that come with old age, as they try to maintain their relationship amid affection, care, and the differences that separate them.

Violeta explores mutual care and the contrasts that can arise within a family relationship—between tenderness, exhaustion, love, and disappointment.

In a dirty, abandoned room, a literature professor is held captive alongside César, a businessman, and Julio, a violent and unpredictable young man.

*Desorden*follows the relationship between these three characters as their roles as victim and perpetrator begin to shift, until a truth ultimately forces them to face the consequences of their actions.

Four actors take the stage without a script and let the audience decide what happens next. At each performance, audience members suggest characters, locations, situations, and plot twists that must be turned into scenes on the spot.

You Create the Story isan improvisational play where each performance is based on ideas from the audience, so the story unfolds differently at every show.

The relationship between a granddaughter and her grandmother changes as Alzheimer’s affects her memories and transforms the way they interact.

Drawing on this story,*Blanco atardecer*explores love, memory, and the emotional toll on those who care for a family member during illness.

Martin McDonagh’s*The Pillowman* is coming toGuadalajaraasMicrobio’s first in-house production, with a story where fiction begins to blur with reality.

The play follows a writer who is interrogated when a series of crimes appears to bear too many similarities to his stories. Amid dark humor, tension, and unexpected twists, the production explores the power of stories and the responsibility of those who write them.

*Mentiras*, the musical, is coming to Guadalajara with a story set in the 1980s, where four women meet and discover they share more than just the same era: they’re in love with the same man.

Through songs that have left their mark on several generations of Mexican music, television, and film, the play explores the secrets and relationships that connect its protagonists in a musical that has had more than 600 performances in Mexico.